2 men have been arrested for streaming videos of 1,600 unsuspecting motel guests across South Korea. Tiny hidden cameras were found in hair dryer holders, satellite boxes and electric sockets. https://nyti.ms/2Fr5jEx

Flashback to that time *very* recently that Michael Steinhardt told me I wasn’t Jewish enough, male enough or right-wing enough. He sucks, but he definitely nailed the story of my life in 10 words.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/nyregion/michael-steinhardt-sexual-harassment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share via @nytimes

18/ After requesting an interview with Steinhardt, @nytimes received unsolicited praise for from some of his prominent friends, including Marty Peretz, the former owner of @newrepublic; and @PAGotbaum, the former NYC public advocate.

14/ None of the women interviewed by @nytimes and ProPublica said Steinhardt touched them, but they said they felt pressured to endure demeaning remarks out of fear that complaining could damage their organizations or derail their careers.

13/ Though he wasn't named as a defendant, Steinhardt appeared in 2 sexual harassment lawsuits against an Upper East Side art gallery. Two female employees alleged he often made sexually loaded comments to them, which they were expected to endure because he's an important client.

4/ Today, along with @nytimes, we’re sharing details of those allegations from seven women and 16 other people who said they were present when Steinhardt made such comments.
Many of the women agreed to let us share their stories by name.

3/ Steinhardt co-founded @birthright, which has sent more than 600,000 young Jews on free trips to Israel. He spearheaded the creation of a network of Hebrew charter schools. A new natural history museum in Tel Aviv bears his name, as does @nyusteinhardt.

Governor Bevin of Kentucky on vaccines and why he made sure his 9 kids were exposed to chickenpox. “This is America. The federal government should not be forcing this upon people. They just shouldn’t.” https://nyti.ms/2JslV2T

The airlines that crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia had to pay extra for 2 optional upgrades that could warn pilots about sensor malfunctions. Now Boeing is making one of them standard and will stop charging to install it. https://nyti.ms/2JsKKf9

Russia's state statistics agency has stopped publishing monthly reports on the population's declining income. After a new director was appointed, a flurry of new, optimistic economic data followed. https://nyti.ms/2JtmU2G

6 women told The New York Times and ProPublica, and one said in a lawsuit, that the billionaire Michael Steinhardt asked them to have sex with him, or made sexual requests of them, while they were relying on or seeking his support. He denies these claims. https://nyti.ms/2FtSU2Z

Taiwan’s president will travel to the South Pacific to shore up ties with 3 island nations that still recognize Taiwan as a country, in an effort to offset China’s expanding influence in the region https://nyti.ms/2JGZ83F

A devoted internet following known as the “Yang Gang” has catapulted Andrew Yang’s 2020 Democratic candidacy out of obscurity. His fans have plastered Yang into memes and created the slogan #securethebag for his signature plan for a universal basic income. https://nyti.ms/2Jrv5fX

An ISIS bomber devastated the Maiwand Wrestling Club in Afghanistan last year. Now the wrestlers have taken their revenge: They’ve made the club bigger, better and even busier than it was before. https://nyti.ms/2JtHgsQ

Ethiopian Airlines was one of the first carriers to install a simulator to teach pilots how to fly the new Boeing 737 Max 8. But the captain of the doomed Flight 302 never trained on the simulator, according to people close to the airline’s operations. https://nyti.ms/2JrTB0o

“Let people see it. That’s up to the attorney general,” President Trump told reporters about the special counsel report. He later added, “There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no nothing.” https://nyti.ms/2U3bzun

While the “decision is not a reflection on all the officers assigned to vice, it has become clear there’s a better method of addressing the community’s needs,” the chief of the Columbus Division of Police said https://nyti.ms/2Jv4bDZ

The Defense Department’s inspector general said it was investigating complaints that Patrick Shanahan, the acting defense secretary, had been promoting his former employer, the Boeing Company https://nyti.ms/2TYNzsf

Was surprised last week that Johnny Thompson's death didn't get more attention last week. Happy to see the @nytimes run an obit this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/obituaries/johnny-thompson-dead.html

Here's the @nytimes obituary for Alan Krueger. He did so much outstanding scholarship, on the minimum wage, on opioids, on unemployed men. And he was as great a person as he was an economist https://nyti.ms/2TQtbKU

A few days ago the @nytimes published a long love letter to tech: "Smart Lights Are the One Smart Home Gadget for Everyone," raved the headline. Yet there wasn't even a hint about the many security, privacy, and control issues related to these "Internet of Things" devices. 1/2

It speaks volumes about tech and tech-related journalism that even the top news organization in the U.S. can't be bothered to do this right. We desperately need better "mainstream" journalism in this realm, and we're not getting it. 2/2

Former Vice Chair of @nytimes: "If reporters can be indicted for talking to their sources, it will mean that the government has created the equivalent of a UK Official Secrets Act—through judicial fiat, without any legislative action." https://harpers.org/archive/2019/04/more-than-a-data-dump-julian-assange/ via @harpers